Sentences with phrase «of year in the country»

We've been told time and again that it is one of the most culturally significant events of the year in this country, and that we are thereby honor - bound to care (even though it is, insufferably, an all - Northeast affair).

Even though I spent most of the year in countries with a fairly high cost of living, my average daily expenses were as low as $ 9 / day, and never (truly) higher than $ 70 / day (including long - haul business class flights).

The biggest festival of the year in the country, the Costa Maya International Festival is a three - day affair held in San Pedro on the island of Ambergris Caye.

Mordad, the fifth month of the Iranian calendar is the hottest time of year in the country.

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The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.

The 30 - year - old is seen as key to making the summit with South Korea happen: She was the first member of the North's ruling family to visit the South since 1953 when she asked for a detente at the winter Olympics and is believed to have been in charge of the country while her brother was ill in late 2014.

In this year's revamped report, 10 indicators were used to evaluate the innovation performance of Canada and 15 peer countries.

Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.

We are supposed to be in rehab from our housing binge of ten years ago, the one that nearly bankrupted the country.

Any chilling effect on diplomatic relations could also affect the Chinese market's strict and complicated regulatory system, which limits the number of foreign - made movies that are released in the country each year.

Tough questions — like whether to leave you comfortable job or start your own business, move across the country in pursuit of opportunity or stick close to home, study economics or art, get down on one knee and propose or give it another year — cause many of us to break out in a cold sweat.

The IMF also estimates that consumer prices will climb by an astronomical 13,000 percent this year due to the monetary financing of large fiscal deficits and the loss of confidence in the country's currency.

Of all the crops grown in Canada, a perennial version of wheat makes the most sense, since the grain is Canada's top agricultural export — $ 2.8 billion of wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last yeaOf all the crops grown in Canada, a perennial version of wheat makes the most sense, since the grain is Canada's top agricultural export — $ 2.8 billion of wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last yeaof wheat makes the most sense, since the grain is Canada's top agricultural export — $ 2.8 billion of wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last yeaof wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last year.

Three years ago, retailers found a champion in the Competition Bureau when it launched an investigation into Visa and MasterCard, which process 90 % of the credit card transactions in the country.

On New Year's Day, the sale of marijuana for recreational became legal in California, the country's most populous state.

The Emeryville, California - based company claims a 10 - year annual growth rate of 18 percent and has a market presence in 17 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, according to Clif Bar.

Together, these brutal malignancies kill an estimated 250,000 people each year — many of them in the poorest countries on the planet.

At hospitals across the country, in fact, there is an entrenched doctor shortage, which has grown only more acute as millions of Americans have gained health coverage in recent years.

In his 14 years at one of the country's largest shopping center operators, Flynn has rocketed through the ranks, holding both the COO and CIO jobs before landing in the corner office last JanuarIn his 14 years at one of the country's largest shopping center operators, Flynn has rocketed through the ranks, holding both the COO and CIO jobs before landing in the corner office last Januarin the corner office last January.

SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, representatives of 25 countries met in Tokyo to work on setting international standards for the blockchain, the technology that was introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin and has ignited intense interest in corporate and government circles.

Afghanistan was already considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with at least 20 killed last year.

Meanwhile, immigration agents conducted audits and inspections of more than 100 7 - Eleven franchises across the country earlier this year and ICE's acting director has vowed to quadruple worksite enforcement in 2018.

In the last few years I've traveled to lots of countries that understand that the rise of entrepreneurship will be an economic engine for the 21st century.

Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and in 25 years, the U.S. will be a «majority minority» country.

Based on a global ranking of happiness levels across 156 countries, Finland has claimed the No. 1 spot in this year's World Happiness Report.

«Taking a look at a country like New Zealand — number four in the ranking — we can see the impact of a program they implemented 10 years ago,» says Farrington.

Their newest paper uses historical data from multiple countries to show that an increase in the ratio of household debt to gross domestic product over a three - to - four - year period predicts a decline in economic growth.

Many residents of Norway politely declined, according to Reuters, likely because «the Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet.»

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

We then allow these graduates to stay in the country for a period of up to three years via Canada's Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP); tech companies Darren Meister, Kadie Ward and I interviewed in London told me how incredibly valuable these workers are.

The M.N. Nurse Practitioner program at the University of British Columbia, home to one of the top ranked undergraduate nursing programs in the country, requires applicants to have at least three years of clinical experience and a well - demonstrated ability to act autonomously — a critical skill for primary care practitioners.

According to the study, authored by Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian - American entrepreneur and academic, who is currently vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University, the proportion of immigrant - founded companies across the country has fallen nearly 4 % in the past seven years.

Just like winter seems unwilling to give up its grip in huge swaths of the country, I'm unhappy to report that this year's flu season seems set to be just an tenacious.

Waterloo has one of the largest post-secondary co-op programs in the country, and its electrical engineering program includes a 2 - year paid co-op portion.

But researchers looking at data from the Department of Homeland Security believe that the number of people entering the country illegally has fallen to historically low levels in recent years.

Despite its illegality, Brazil's Ministry of Health estimates that about 1 million abortions are performed in the country annually, and that about 200,000 women are hospitalized every year from infections, vaginal bleeding, and other complications from illegal abortions.

While marijuana legalization has spread around the country in recent years, the product still remains illegal federally — but these brands are using the occasion to appeal to members of their customer base who might be celebrating the annual event.

A few years later, all six of the country's big banks, along with Desjardins, the Canada Pension Plan and Canaccord, joined together to launch Alpha, in hopes of lowering trading costs and bringing more competition to the market.

Love oversees these relationships in the US, while the BBC's commercial arm — BBC Worldwide — has a 12 - year deal to manage the distribution of «Bake Off» in all other countries.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

«This is a year of really being an influence and a change maker in an amazing city that's really at the forefront of the revitalization efforts in our entire country,» says Greene Groves concluding her pitch for the program, ending with a paraphrase of the Michigan governor's pitch for Motor City: «Yeah, you can go to another city, but if you want to make a difference, come to Detroit.»

When completed in 2023, it will generate 3.2 gigawatts of power — 7 % of the country's electricity needs for 35 years.

Thanks to the low costs of living in a motor home, which enables them to visit expensive countries «for a fraction of the cost,» their budget is a modest # 15,000 (~ $ 18,400) a year.

In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index last year, for example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality of our pension system among a select group of 11 countries.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

The U.S. and some other countries experienced housing busts over the last several years, so that scenario tends to get a lot of weight in people's minds when they reflect on the Canadian housing market.

Most governments of developed countries have spent the last several years attempting at all costs to keep their economies out of recession, and in doing so appear to have taken their eye of inflation.

The answer to that concern came in the form of the technology that now underpins crucial parts of Estonia's system, as well as some of its most successful startups, and that, in the years ahead, could help power the country's future growth: the blockchain.

The watch must be used with one of the iPhone models released in the past two years — the 5, 5S, 5C or the latest versions scheduled to go on sale Sept. 19 in the U.S. and nine other countries.